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nListening to her benefactor asking about it, Angela was more than happy to explain.

n“Senior Fey, the mission was updated from an A rank to an S rank, the reward in contribution points went from five to fifteen million which is already insane considering they only accept Mortal Transcending cultivators or below”.

n“But what caused that unsightly scene you witnessed earlier is the monetary reward, the issuer has offered one hundred and twenty… high ranked spirit jades”.

nValentina nodded with a surprised expression, a mission that came with a reward in high ranked spirit jades is often reserved for the top one hundred of the Heavenly Rankings, the most used currency of a stellar system is linked to its rank.

nThat didn’t mean that there weren’t high or middle ranked spirit jades in a low ranked stellar system, but they didn’t originate there as low ranked stellar system didn’t have a good enough mine to produce them.

nSo, if they ever made, they way into a low ranked stellar system, would be through commerce, as each high ranked spirit jade is worth roughly one thousand middle ranked ones.

nAnd they couldn’t be bought by the public and instead appeared only at auctions, because high ranked spirit jades were also used to power up the most important formations on the bigger sects.

nThe rewards not only became of a better quality, but were even multiplied about ten times, of course everyone who was eligible wanted to put its hands on such a good mission, and that was what originated the conflict that they saw earlier.𝑂𝔳𝓁xt.𝕔𝒪𝔪

nAnd they weren’t the only ones who came to reserve another spot in the ten that were supposed so take part in the mission, but the other disciples weren’t as daring as that purple robbed woman, something probably caused by the fact that she had the backing of a winged core disciple as well as the help of a core elder to apply some pressure on Angela.

nAster noticed Angela’s skin now had a strange glow, also she hasn’t stopped coughing from time to time, which made him frown.

nWith a small gesture, a wisp of Rigel’s flames appeared on Aster’s hand, Angela saw those flames which froze Rina’s arm in a split of a second earlier and she was surprised to not feel in danger in front of such a thig.

nIn fact, just by being exposed to them, her throat cleared and she stopped coughing, so she was sure those flames were good for her.

n“This flame will cleanse away the poison, the other option is that you pay a visit to the Orange Lotus faction, so they investigate with which thing that woman poisoned you”.

n“Mm”, Angela took a deep breath and then asked Aster to help her, the Orange Lotus faction’s specialty are antidotes and things like that.

nAster made the little wisp of Rigel’s flames to rub itself against Angela’s body eliminating all the traces of that poison.

n“Thanks Aster… I will return in a second”, Angela finally returned to normal, and her body was fresh, the only thing is that she felt the sudden urge to pee.

n“Don’t worry we are leaving too, thanks for telling me about the update and to come although it wasn’t part of your duty, if you have troubles with those guys feel free to call me”.

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nLeaving the incident at the mission hall aside, Aster and the girls went to the store of Dahlia’s aunt, they were open today and there was a small line both inside and outside of the building, also the one attending to the counter wasn’t Dahlia nor her aunt, instead it was the short girl with brown hair that Aster met practically at the same time as Dahlia.

n“Welcome, sister Dahlia isn’t here today, but she told me it was needed in pack the receive the Nay.”

n“Thanks”, with a single world Aster went upstairs followed by the girts.

nThe second floor was practically the same as the first one, with tons space free to be used, for whatever they wanted.

nThe furniture the girls choose was already there so they just needed to accommodate it however they wanted, but that’s not why he came here.

nJust like the first floor, the second one had a door which led to an expanded spacious place.

n“Agnes, is it against the result if we build a shortcut to this space?””, asked Aster.

nAster was sure that Eris could do the job, but he needed to ask first, the space is always restricted in the citiy areas, so they had to be careful about what space they ended up opening,

nAgnes contemplated thigs for a split of a second before she answered.

n“You can… but the space in the battle peak is quite a something”.

nGetting the green light, Eris immediately started taking sizes and doing some calculations, the space of this room was more or less the same of the garden room where Helena lived with Dahlia.

nAfter Eris finished with her measures, she started drawing runes here and there for the next fifteen minutes or so, and lastly, she called Aster.

n“I need you to grant it permissions with your inside here.

nWith a wave of his hand, he gave the permissions needed to the runes and then he tried to open a door which connected to the dining room of his castle at the Twin Sword valley, and it worked.

nThe next thing the girls saw was a gate from which they could see the insides of the castle, and they were content with the result.

nIn this room is where the master alchemist, master blacksmith, etc, will reside in to work per petition, in other words is will be the backstage to their store.

nNow that the preparations were made, Aster jumped into the gate appearing next to his dining room, Aisha and the others followed not too long after, before the door closed.

nThen Aster tested the gate back, jumped into the gate again and appeared inside the room of the store, confirming it was a success.

nHe returned with the other girls and said.

n“The link is done, you can use it to come and go to the East Sky city as you please, I already added the authority to use the portal to your tokens”.

n“Mm”, the girls happily nodded.

nNow that they were back at the castle, everyone returned to their usual activities, Alice, Aria and Tiana went to the training room, they have received countless of challenges earlier, and they needed to train more.

nErick and Sofia also left, choosing to use the portal they returned to the East Sky planet.

nSarina and Kana have to practice their cooking for later too, specially because Kana would go with Aster to his next mission which could take some time.

nEris and Mylene returned to the store to accommodate the things they bought, as for Camila she felt the slight tension on the air between Aster and Lilia and she blushed.

n“Ahem, I’m sorry to bother you two, but I’m feeling that strange sensation which means I’m about to start attracting treasures once again”.

nAster then placed his hand on Camila’s shoulder and did feel she was too tense, for some reason, so he gently massaged it.

n“You need to calm down, I think the stress is what’s making you lose control over your constitution”, concluded Aster.

nWith a quick scan the he could easily notice that Camila’s spirit energy seemed to react to him more than before, which meant both her Exquisite Resonating lineage and his Alpha Booster lineage were slowly but surely getting stronger.

n“Change back to a room close to mine, and train with Sarina and Felicia more often, I think that should help you, while you strengthen your natal treasure”.

n“Mm”, Camila shily nodded, she found that she didn’t want Aster to stop massaging her shoulder, only when she saw Lilia playfully smiling at her, she returned to reality and ran away like a scared rabbit.

nNow that they were alone, Lilia hugged Aster and rubbed her face against his, a gesture she has lately got fond off with.

n“You know she is slowly but surely falling for you darling, if you aren’t going to take her you should say so~”, whispered Lilia.

nAster bitterly smiled.

n“It’s not like I can control it you know, I have seen other girls which I personally found rather pretty, some weren’t bad people and yet I couldn’t bring myself to treat them differently… I don’t know how to explain it, with sis, Aria and you from the very beginning I knew how I felt, Sarina has been the first exception to the rule so far, and maybe that’s why I find her so attractive because I can’t understand why but I want her for me”.

n“As for the others, it’s not that I don’t appreciate them, but it hasn’t reached that point yet”.

nSeeing her son feeling a bit troubled about the other girls, Lilia inwardly let out a sigh of relief, while she likes to spoil her son and also wants him to have the best partners possible, losing oneself in debauchery is a common downfall for a cultivator, and while Aster has an indeed strong libido, he isn’t like that.

n‘That’s my darling for you~’, thought Lilia as she floated towards their bedroom, dragging him along with her.

n“You made me work quite a bit in that last mission, the support of a Gate Transcending cultivator isn’t cheap at all darling”.

nAster chuckled, back at the New Moon planet he could already discern, Lilia was in the mood, and the chance didn’t present itself until now, so she was probably a bit pent up.

nAster followed her game and also floated towards they bedroom, as soon as they closed the door behind them, Lilia jumped onto him and carelessly ripped his clothes with her bare hands.

nSeeing the chiseled and perfectly toned body of Aster, Lilia licked her lips as the red tone in her eyes became brighter, but then Aster turned the tables on her grabbing her by her waist and turning her around before pinning her down below him.

nAster then teared Lilia’s black dress apart revealing her pale skin, as if it was inevitable, his eyes wandered through her semi naked body but as he was about to remove her last line of defense, in the form of her black panties, Lilia hugged clung onto him and then jumped onto the bed, before black flames engulfed them both.

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